Like Torley, I use Tumblr as a clipping journal for web snippets; I rarely post my own content there and there are more photos than text .  I’ve thought about merging the two (this blog and the snippets), but I’ve kept them separate since they feel so different.

Ed Murphy

I lead Novell’s strategy practice, a part of our professional services organization. We work on technology planning (that is, setting direction and building roadmaps), governance, and financial analysis for clients in two primary areas of focus: open source and identity. Contact info and links…

However much I may wish, the views expressed here are my own and not necessarily Novell’s.

“CQ2” is shorthand for “Condor’s Quill II”, since I had a blog-like mailing list years ago, reporting to family and friends on our travels in Southeast Asia, named “Condor’s Quill.” More than somewhat immodestly, it comes from a line in Moby Dick: “Give me a condor’s quill! Give me Vesuvius’ crater for an inkstand!” Oh, how I envy you if you haven’t read Moby Dick yet.